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SELACHII. 
Rhinobatus morinicus (Sauvage). 
1873. Spathobatis morinicus , H. E. Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Academique 
Boulogne-sur-Mer, p. 94. 
Type. Complete skeleton. 
Described by Sauvage as differing from R. bugesiacus in the less 
tapering form of tbe snout, tbe disk passing more gradually into tbe 
tail, and other characters. 
Form. Sf Log. Lower Portlandian : Mont Lambert, Boulogne-sur- 
Mer, France. 
Rhinobatus maronita, Pictet and Humbert. 
1866. Rhinobatus maronita , F. J. Pictet & A. Humbert, Nouv. Rech. 
Poiss. Foss. M. Liban, p. 113, pi. xix. 
1887. Rhinobatus grandis , J. W. Davis, Trans. Hoy. Dublin Soc. [2] 
vol. iii. p. 482, pi. xvi. fig. 1. 
Type. Middle portion of skeleton, with paired fins; GenevaMuseum. 
Snout acute, but slightly produced; the distance from the. ex¬ 
tremity to the nasal capsules being not quite equal to the breadth 
at the latter position. Cleft of mouth straight. Disk much 
elongated ; pectoral fin gently rounded, its length equalling at least 
three times the breadth at its point of insertion ; pelvic fin large 
and elongate. Body covered with fine, dense shagreen, apparently 
without larger tubercles. 
Form. § Log. U. Cretaceous (Turonian) : Hakel, Mt. Lebanon, 
Syria. 
39233. Anterior portion of disk, wanting extremity. 
Tristram Coil. 
39234. Middle portion of trunk, with right pectoral and both pelvic 
q riS( Tristram Coll. 
47319. Portion of cranial cartilage. 
Presented by Sir Richard Owen , K.C.B. , 1874. 
49554. Disk, incomplete in advance of the mouth, and wanting one 
of the pelvic fins. The remaining pelvic fin is well- 
preserved, and is shown, of the natural size, in PI. III. 
fig. 4. There are twelve pairs of ribs in advance of the 
pelvic girdle, and four or five behind. Purchased , 18 /8. 
49511. Portion of disk, showing pectoral fin and obscure traces of 
branchial arches and cranium. There are indications of a 
slender anteriorly-directed process from the outer angle of 
